On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 08:35 -0700, Andrew Gold wrote: > Actually, I read the GRANT man page several times; what you state so > clearly and simply, isn't described so plainly in that document. > > I posted because I found the GRANT man page deficient. > > Strictly speaking the GRANT man page indicated the following: > > -----------------begin quote--------------------------- > ALL PRIVILEGES > > Grant all of the privileges applicable to the object at once. The > PRIVILEGES key word is optional in PostgreSQL, though it is required by > strict SQL. > > -------------------end quote--------------------------- > > This followed a series of descriptions of various privileges (select, > insert, update, etc.). From the context of the description, it appears > that "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES" bestows all of the preceding rights on the > recipient user. > > It is not at all intuitive that "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES" gives a user the > right to create schemas and temporary tables, and that alone. You missed the bit where it describes what privileges apply to various kinds of object. > Whether you meant it or not, your initial comment came across as > patronizing. Sorry about that. -- Oliver Elphick olly@xxxxxxxxxx Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA ======================================== Do you want to know God? http://www.lfix.co.uk/knowing_god.html
